From cowan@ccil.org Sun Sep 23 19:50:46 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 24 Sep 2001 02:49:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 50384 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2001 02:49:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.1.221 with QMQP; 24 Sep 2001 02:49:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.102) by mta2 with SMTP; 24 Sep 2001 02:50:43 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15lLpQ-00013n-00; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 22:50:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Dumb answers to good questions In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010923205615.00daa220@pop.cais.com> from "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" at "Sep 23, 2001 09:04:45 pm" To: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 22:50:39 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) scripsit: > OK, then bi'u/bi'unai is indeed the focus marker, since it marks the piece > of key information as being either new or old information. Just marking it > says that it is key, of course. I don't think so: consider "It was George who hit the (bi'u) man." -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan